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The United States has over the years continued to establish different laws to help in the fight against drugs. According to Sacco (2014), in 2012 alone, state and local law enforcement agencies apprehended over 1.3 million suspects for drugs related offenses. Although the government has adopted different measures to help in curbing the manufacture, distribution, and access of illegal substances, the number of illicit drugs under the possession of the public has continued to increase over time. This essay examines three harmful drugs considered legal in the late 19th century, including how they were used and later illegalized. What ...

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Over time, substance abuse has been under extensive research from scholars. The topic is prevalent in various areas and more so in the education sector. Most individuals fail to understand the significant difference between substance abuse and addiction. The ideas tend to revolve in the same realm. Therefore, this paper strives to elaborate on addiction and how they are related to mood disorders. Also, the paper delves into the causes and reasons why someone can be involved in a substance abuse, which can lead to mood disorders. The causes of drug addiction are also illustrated giving out the way ...

Values Clarification and Ethical Legal Case Analysis

Values Clarification Values dictate the way people function both personally and professionally. In nursing practice, having clear values is essential in achieving moral competence (Jormsri et al., 2005). In completing the value clarification exercise, forty-two items were answered. Of these forty-two items, 15 responses were “mostly agree” and another 15 responses were “mostly disagree.” Six responses were “somewhat disagree”, three responses were “somewhat agree”, and the final three responses were “neutral.”

In a cluster that relates to issues raised by advanced technology, I had some agreements and disagreements. Giving extraordinary medical treatments to patients is essential, particularly when the ...

Phobia is an irrational uncontrollable fear, persistent manifestations of various fears. Traditionally, fear is an ancient companion of humankind. Most scientists believe that the feeling of fear is common to all higher animals, and, to a larger extent, to human beings with their finely developed psyche (Popescu 2013), 406. But if an animal can only be afraid of specific dangers, then a human being thanks to his imagination and the ability to analyze the environment has learnt to experience fear ahead of time (Popescu 2013), 406. What are people afraid of? Of course, each person has various reasons to ...

Explaining in Health Care

Nursing is a very important element of the whole health care system because these are nurses, who spend the most time with patients in order to help them recover faster. As in any other profession, communication plays an important role in the work of nurses. Communication is important because it helps patients and medical staff understand the goals and desires of each other faster, then to recover faster. Thus, each nurse needs to develop communication skills. Me, the author of this reflection paper, is not an exception. That is why, the aim of this paper is to decide what ...

Autism is a disability that affects the developmental ability of the individual in either their verbal or nonverbal communication, their socialization or their levels of interests or activities. Children with autism often have difficulties with their sensory processing they may sometimes overreact or underreact in depending on their situation (Sheehan, 2016). There should be a definite distinction in the way children with autism and those with learning and attention disorders are treated and how their learning is facilitated. These two conditions are entirely different, despite having similar symptoms. When developing an action plan for helping children with autism with ...

IOM Core Competencies

The Committee of Institute of Medicine incorporates the core competencies that are required to be acquired by the nursing professionals in order to enhance the quality of care. The current paper aims to enlighten the core competencies by the IOM in order to develop the SMART goals and direct towards the action plan for the effective execution of the objectives. The selected IOM core competencies are as follows: “To contribute in the team work by means of integrating the observations, bodies of expertise, spheres of decision making in order to coordinate, communicate and collaborate with one another so that ...

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Mental illnesses altogether place a significant burden of disorder on young people. They induce adequate negative outcomes short- and long-term in several domains. Many youths with mental illnesses such as Bipolar disorder and Schizophrenia fall into the clutches of the criminal justice system (CJS) due to their risky behavior. This leads to a problematic quality of life. The main objective of the paper is to highlight about the mental illnesses in youth and the criminal justice system. A web search was conducted and quality articles were retrieved. It was observed that mentally ill youth encounter trouble with regard to ...

Immigration to Europe started after World War 2 and the rate continued to increase over the years into the 20th century up to date (" Debating Europe"). Western Europe experienced quite a significant percentage of immigration, especially after the World War 2. Currently, there are a sizable number of immigrants consisting of both Europeans and non-Europeans, who are defined as both illegal and legal immigrants. In 2004, the percentage even grew further after the European Union granted a permit for citizens to move freely within the EU nations ("Debating Europe"). The aspect of immigrations has received different reactions; some people ...

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Bullying remains one of the biggest issues that restrict the educational outcome of children at school. According to research, 46% children and young individuals have been reported to be bullied at some point in life (Einarsen, 2011). While the issue receives little attention by schools and parents but its impact on life is enormous. Some of the most common kind of bullying include physical, verbal, and relational bullying. The physical may involve actions like hitting, punching, or slapping. The verbal bullying commonly occurs by name calling, while the relational bullying occurs by peers who hurt someone by ...

The Assata autobiography depicts and portrays the life Chesimard now going by the name Assata Shakur and the plight she has undergone throughout her life. Assata is a black revolutionary who has found residence in Cuba after she escaped to seek political asylum. The autobiography enlightens on disturbing stories that are at the same time inspiring from the time Assata faces arrest to the time she flees to Cuba. The Cuban government gives her a stipend, Internet access, a home, food, and gas (Wood) The Assata autobiography captures intriguing themes, but the theme that vividly occurs from the beginning ...

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Nurse Managers play an essential role especially in nursing care by facilitating the delivery of quality as well as safe nursing care. Essentially, the key goal of nurse managers is mainly to facilitate effective delivery of quality care especially in nursing and manage as well as coordinate various activities carried out in the care delivery environment (Huber, 2013). As such, nurse managers usually directs and guide the nursing using the relevant nursing knowledge and adopting new and innovative ideas to addressing various health problems and emerging trends aimed at realizing the key goal of providing quality, excellent and efficient ...

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American youths between 18 and 25 years register the highest prevalence of illegal drug use, with 60.5% for lifetime rate of drug use (SAMHSA, 2004). This percentage represents a considerable rise from values of the period between 2002 and 2013 (SAMHSA, 2014). According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (HSDUH, 2010), young adults between the ages of 18 and 25 abuse prescription drugs the most in the United States. Results from studies indicate contradictory statistics regarding factors of race on drug abuse prevalence. However, studies such as McCabe et al. (2008) indicate that white and Hispanic ...

Limited leverage and business

A majority of small business are discouraged from having high leverage ratios. In this case, Frank having a small proprietary, is unaware of the benefit that the business might be having with leverages. Subsequently, his fears are based credit being expensive. According to McCabe and Yook (2011), with the cost of finance fixed, the increased revenues attributed to these credit finance, offers cushion on writing off the loan because it will generate more earnings. However, it is only when well managed that credit will be of advantage to the company or business. In excess, the liability increases the third ...

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Abstract The United Nations is putting an effort to push development across the globe. It has set some objectives in its attempt to ensure that this development is sustainable and these include, eradicating poverty, achieving food security, establishing global health, promoting all-inclusive education, creating gender equality, availability of water and sanitation for everyone are just a few of its objectives. Human sex trafficking is a disturbing issue that is plaguing the world. The United Nations is working hard to fight this practice and has incorporated measures that counter the activities that fuel it. Thus, the manifestation of the sex ...

Research is a systematic process. It is not a process which is done in an ad hoc manner. Therefore conducting a research requires a certain approach. However, prior to commencing the research process, one has to do a number of things. One of the most critical items during the early stages of research is choosing a topic. Alderman (2014) contend that when it comes to doing a research, finding a good topic is one of the most difficult things. In his view, figuring out an area to research on is usually not a great problem. According to him, narrowing ...